A circuit for simultaneous reception of data and power using a solar cell

S Kadirvelu, WD Leon-Salas, X Fan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a circuit for simultaneous reception of optical power and data using a
solar cell. The circuit employs a switched-inductor boost DC-DC converter for energy …

Signal as an Energy Source: Dual-Functional Potentiometric Sensor Serves as an Energy Harvester

A Saha, MA Alam - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wearable, implantable, and environmental (WIE)“edge” sensors, being deployed for a broad
range of applications including smart healthcare and agriculture, are typically powered by …

Simultaneous Photovoltaic Power Generation and Electroluminescence in Three-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells

Y Watanabe, K Makita, T Tayagaki… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical wireless power transmission (OWPT) using 2-terminal single-junction solar cells or
light-emitting diodes is limited because it cannot generate photovoltaic power while …

A Solar Cell Photo-Luminescence Modulator for Optical Communications

WD Leon-Salas, X Fan, M Vizcardo… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a circuit suitable for the modulation of the photo-luminescent radiation of
a solar cell. The circuit uses a MOSFET and a low-power amplifier in a feedback loop and …

A single-aperture, single-pixel reader for optical frequency identification

X Fan, J Hidalgo, WD Leon-Salas - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a single-aperture, single-pixel reader for communication with Optical
Frequency Identification (OFID) tags. OFID tags use solar cells to transmit and receive …

Evaluation of Solar Panel Bandwidth for RGB Channels in Visible Light Communication

R Martinez, FEL Giraldo, JML Rivera… - IEEE Latin America …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication (VLC) is an emerging technology that uses white light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) to transmit information and provide illumination simultaneously. Recently …

Photo-luminescence modulation circuits for solar cell based optical communications

WD Leon-Salas, X Fan - 2019 IEEE International Symposium …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-efficiency solar cells, such as GaAs solar cells, exhibit strong luminescent emissions in
the infrared. This paper presents two circuits that are able to modulate these luminescent …

Live Demonstration: Optical Communications using Solar Cells

WD Leon-Salas, D Narvaez-Bernal… - … on Circuits and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This live demonstration showcases an optical communication system dubbed Optical
Frequency Identification (OFID) that can be used to identify and track objects or animals as …

Wireless optical communications with GaAs solar cells

WD Leon-Salas, X Fan, Y Zhang, S Kadirvelu - Frontiers in Optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Wireless Optical Communications with GaAs Solar Cells Page 1 JTu4A.83.pdf Frontiers in
Optics / Laser Science © OSA 2019 Wireless Optical Communications with GaAs Solar Cells …

Review of Solar Luminescence‐Based OFID for Internet of Things Application

C Baskar, S Shoba, E Manikandan… - Smart Grids for Smart …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Recently, self‐powered Radio Frequency (RF) based components are being used
in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. But it is expected that billions of IoT devices will be …